MikeS
Veteran Member
No, that's the part that's so often not appreciated. Most people just think of them as a rather limited 1 line x 20 character computer, but it has provision for connecting a current-loop TTY or RS-232 terminal and transparently using that as the console (there's a switch to select the AIM keyboard or the remote). So you basically have a computer with BASIC (or whatever) in ROM, 40K RAM max, using a full-screen terminal for I/O just like many other systems of the day (but only 2 cassettes for storage unless you bought or built a disk system or used the RS-232 with the local keyboard).I remember that the AIM club guys did build a CRT controller but I never had one. Or do you mean you could hang a RS-232 terminal on the serial port? Did you have to modify the monitor firmware?
I'm thinking of putting one on the Internet (for remote access, not sale) the next time I dig them out; I'll let you know if/when.
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